Judges 9:24-26

Expanded Bible

²⁴ God did this to repay [avenge] the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerub-Baal [^CGideon; 6:32] and to make their brother Abimelech pay for their spilled blood, together with the ·leaders [leading citizens; lords] of Shechem who ·helped him murder [^Lstrengthened his hand to kill] his brothers. ²⁵ The ·leaders [leading citizens; lords] of Shechem were against Abimelech then and put men on the hilltops in ambush to rob everyone going by. And Abimelech was told.

²⁶ A man named Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers ·moved into [came to] Shechem, and the ·leaders [leading citizens; lords] of Shechem ·trusted [or gave their allegiance to] him.